Royal National Library of the Netherlands

The Royal Library of the Netherlands was founded in 1798. At the heart of her first book collection was the private collection of Prince William V of Orange, but the "royal" it became known from the light hand of King Louis Bonaparte in 1806, and 90 years later it was called "national".

The collections of the library, in addition to the world-famous literature, include all possible publications in the Dutch language, so they cover about 3.5 million publications. Interestingly, it has the most extensive collection of works on the theory of chess in Europe. The library also subscribes to 15,000 newspapers. With the development of information technology, the catalogue of the Royal Library was placed on the Internet.

The main visitors of the main library of the country, of course, were students, so she began an active cooperation with university libraries, specializing primarily in humanitarian subjects, Dutch history, language and culture.